John Jay Students receive Top Honors at the 2013 National Model United Nations Conference for the Ninth Consecutive Year

The United Nations Student Association of John Jay College, a delegation of 17 students, won five awards at the 2013 National Model United Nations Conference. This marks the ninth year in a row that John Jay College of Criminal Justice has received a Delegation Award at the conference. The team was coached by Angelina Pienczykowski, an undergraduate student in the BA International Criminal Justice program, along with faculty adviser Professor Jacques Fomerand of the Political Science Department.

Each year the United Nations Student Association of John Jay College represents a different Member State of the United Nations. This year’s assignment was Angola. At the conference, the team earned the Distinguished Delegation Award for its overall performance, Outstanding Position Paper Awards for the committees of: International Atomic Energy Agency Committee, General Assembly Third Committee, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Committee, and Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Committee.

The John Jay students took on the role as delegates on nine U.N. committees. Delegates deliberated, negotiated, drafted and adopted resolutions and reports on a variety of international issues. Preparation for the conference began in November 2012, during which the students conducted extensive research on aspects of the national, regional and international policies of Angola.

National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN) is a program sponsored by the National Collegiate Conference Association, a nonprofit organization that advances understanding of the United Nations and contemporary international issues. NMUN New York brings more than 5,000 delegates to New York City each spring. Twenty select committees engage students in discussions of current global issues.

About John Jay College of Criminal Justice: An international leader in educating for justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law. For more information, visit http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/.